Category: Magazine
An archive of Sunstroke Magazine articles, 2017 to 2024.
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July Poetry Compilation
The Sunstroke Monthly Poetry Compilation is a collection of poetry submitted by Sunstroke readers and staff members. Take a seat, light a candle, grab a cup of tea and dive into the intricate words of our community. “Damselfly” by Chloe Selby-Hearnden Unlike butterflies, damselflies do not hide inside a cocoon to transform. Instead, they shed
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The Secrets in Céline Sciamma’s ‘Petite Maman’
While still maintaining her bold directorial voice, Petite Maman clarifies the direction she’s heading in. Further away from the traditional coming-of-age films to exaltations of the ordinary, the mundane and the forgotten.
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Rejecting The Narrative
The state of Israel doesn’t need Hollywood’s fictional narratives — it needs Hollywood faces and personalities to propagate its legitimacy because no matter how you spin it, the narrative will be grim due to the Nakba.
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You Don’t Need to “Get” Hayao Miyazaki’s ‘The Boy and the Heron’
The spirit of the film shape-shifts along with the tone, conjuring a realness that balances the Ghibli dramatics with a taste of Miyazaki’s (and our) world.
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The Failure of ‘Athena’
One could say the act of producing a manifesto is unbinding oneself from the status quo while, ironically, conforming to the general conventions of the form.
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In Search of Myself
Only at daybreak when most were still asleep did I feel like I could really breathe and be myself. I’ve continued the tradition of watching the sunrise as a reminder of the lives I’ve left behind and the boundless potential that lies ahead of me no matter where I might end up.
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Hyenas Are Made of Brave Men
Hand and brick in vicious cycles meet. / amidst ash and rubble. / Standing tall with an intent to maul, / He attempts to rid himself of it.
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Barbie: When Plastic Becomes Parastic
The film runs on one basic principle: “Because Barbie can be anything; women can be anything.” The film wants you to know that aspiring to be like Barbie is indubitably good.
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Transitional Growing Pains: The Revitalized ‘Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)’
Where the original 2010 release was glittery and girlish, characterized by tentative adulthood and budding maturity, Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) feels polished and self-aware, heavy with nostalgia and hindsight in a way that Swift’s previous re-recordings haven’t.
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Desire Screams
Someone has to have salted skin. It’s always the first lesson.